ALA’s Games and Gaming Resourceshttp://gaming.ala.org/resources/index.php?title=Main_Page
This site is kept up to date by the American Library Association and sposnsored by the Verizon Foundation. There is no cost to use the site. It provides links and bibliographies to new gaming at your library. Sections include National Gaming Day at the library, talking points, funding, games and public performance/copyright, model programs, model collections, facility stuff, and books for gamers. The facility stuff provides links to products dealing with gaming and storage. Cnet.com
Cnet is a free service, you can join for free. Cnet has a team of qualified reviewers who specialize in different areas of technology and write the reviews for that area. Search for reviews by choosing the categories in the left hand column. You can then sort through results by price you are wanting to spend. Cnet is sponsored by CBS. eSchool Newswww.eschoolnews.com eSchool News is a monthly publication.Subscription cost is $72.00/year for non-educators, educators can recieve a complimentary subscription. You can subscribe to the digital edition for free. With a print subscription you also receive access to online features. The reviewing staff is composed of different positions with different specialites. eSchool News is sponsored by eSchool Media Inc., which produces many publications dealing with technology for the K-20 educator. ( I personally use eSchool News and think it is a great source for all things technology related.) Macworldwww.macworld.com Subscribe to MacWorld Magazine for 24.95/year. You can search by product, using the drop down select a category menu. Once you select your category you can then further specify by choosing manufacturer and other specifications. Reviews consist of Mac compatible products. The site is sponsored by IDG, published by MacWorld LLC. Anyone who subscribes to the RSS feed can write a comment on the review, written by the magazine staff. To view a review click on the product you want to see the review for. Reviews are rated out of 5 stars by readers of the reviews. The magazine also offers articles related to technolgy. Multimedia & Internet @Schoolshttp://www.mmischools.com/ArticleTypes/Product_Reviews_339.htm
Subscribe to the magazine for $45.95/year, but looks like you can get review information off of the website for no charge. Reviews are posted by topic. When you click on a review, you can see what it is reviewing, when it was posted, and what issue it appeared in. It also gives you the author of the review. Reviews are written by staff of the magazine which include librarians and other k-12 educators. Each review includes the company, product description and price. It also includes a report card, which gives the product a rating out of 5 stars. Consumers can leave comments and recommendations on the page. PC Worldhttp://www.pcworld.com/ PC World provides reviews and news on technology. This is the sister magazine to MacWorld, only reviewing PC compatible products. Subscribe to the print edition for $19.97/year. Sponsored by IDG, published by PC World Communications LLC. You can search for reviews by categories in the drop down menu. Once you find the product you want the review for, click on it, to read the official magazine review. You can also read reviews written by others who subscribe to the RSS feed. Products are given 2 ratings a PC World Rating and a User Rating. Reviews are can also be found by clicking a category on the right side of the page or by featured categories. Also includes best prices section as well as editor's picks. Magazine also provides technology news related articles. SuperKids Educational Software Reviewhttp://www.superkids.com/ Superkids is a website for parents and educators who want the latest and greatest for their children. It provides reviews and ratings of educational software. It is a free website, no subscription is required. The reviews are written by teams that include educators, parents, and children from across the United States. The staff includes experts from Stanford, Harvard and Northwestern universities. It is sponsored by a private company, Knowledge Share LLC. They rate software based on a set of standard criteria. The common criteria include ease of use, installation issues, manual usefulness, sound quality, and graphics quality. The ratings include; educational appeal, kid appeal, ease of use, bottom line, and system requirements. Each section is given a rating on a 5 point scale, averaging all the reviewers ratings.
Teach With Movies http://www.teachwithmovies.org
A one year subscription to this site is 11.95. A subscription offers, learning guides to over 270 movies, and lesson plans. This site is sponsored by teachwithmovies.com, Inc. It shows teacher how to create lesson plans using movies and films. You can view an index of movies offered before deciding to purchase the subscription.
ALA’s Games and Gaming Resources http://gaming.ala.org/resources/index.php?title=Main_Page
This site is kept up to date by the American Library Association and sposnsored by the Verizon Foundation. There is no cost to use the site. It provides links and bibliographies to new gaming at your library. Sections include National Gaming Day at the library, talking points, funding, games and public performance/copyright, model programs, model collections, facility stuff, and books for gamers. The facility stuff provides links to products dealing with gaming and storage.
Cnet.com
Cnet is a free service, you can join for free. Cnet has a team of qualified reviewers who specialize in different areas of technology and write the reviews for that area. Search for reviews by choosing the categories in the left hand column. You can then sort through results by price you are wanting to spend. Cnet is sponsored by CBS.
eSchool News www.eschoolnews.com
eSchool News is a monthly publication. Subscription cost is $72.00/year for non-educators, educators can recieve a complimentary subscription. You can subscribe to the digital edition for free. With a print subscription you also receive access to online features. The reviewing staff is composed of different positions with different specialites. eSchool News is sponsored by eSchool Media Inc., which produces many publications dealing with technology for the K-20 educator. ( I personally use eSchool News and think it is a great source for all things technology related.)
Macworld www.macworld.com
Subscribe to MacWorld Magazine for 24.95/year. You can search by product, using the drop down select a category menu. Once you select your category you can then further specify by choosing manufacturer and other specifications. Reviews consist of Mac compatible products. The site is sponsored by IDG, published by MacWorld LLC. Anyone who subscribes to the RSS feed can write a comment on the review, written by the magazine staff. To view a review click on the product you want to see the review for. Reviews are rated out of 5 stars by readers of the reviews. The magazine also offers articles related to technolgy.
Multimedia & Internet @Schools http://www.mmischools.com/ArticleTypes/Product_Reviews_339.htm
Subscribe to the magazine for $45.95/year, but looks like you can get review information off of the website for no charge. Reviews are posted by topic. When you click on a review, you can see what it is reviewing, when it was posted, and what issue it appeared in. It also gives you the author of the review. Reviews are written by staff of the magazine which include librarians and other k-12 educators. Each review includes the company, product description and price. It also includes a report card, which gives the product a rating out of 5 stars. Consumers can leave comments and recommendations on the page.
PC World http://www.pcworld.com/
PC World provides reviews and news on technology. This is the sister magazine to MacWorld, only reviewing PC compatible products. Subscribe to the print edition for $19.97/year. Sponsored by IDG, published by PC World Communications LLC. You can search for reviews by categories in the drop down menu. Once you find the product you want the review for, click on it, to read the official magazine review. You can also read reviews written by others who subscribe to the RSS feed. Products are given 2 ratings a PC World Rating and a User Rating. Reviews are can also be found by clicking a category on the right side of the page or by featured categories. Also includes best prices section as well as editor's picks. Magazine also provides technology news related articles.
SuperKids Educational Software Review http://www.superkids.com/
Superkids is a website for parents and educators who want the latest and greatest for their children. It provides reviews and ratings of educational software. It is a free website, no subscription is required. The reviews are written by teams that include educators, parents, and children from across the United States. The staff includes experts from Stanford, Harvard and Northwestern universities. It is sponsored by a private company, Knowledge Share LLC. They rate software based on a set of standard criteria.
The common criteria include ease of use, installation issues, manual usefulness, sound quality, and graphics quality. The ratings include; educational appeal, kid appeal, ease of use, bottom line, and system requirements. Each section is given a rating on a 5 point scale, averaging all the reviewers ratings.
Teach With Movies http://www.teachwithmovies.org
A one year subscription to this site is 11.95. A subscription offers, learning guides to over 270 movies, and lesson plans. This site is sponsored by teachwithmovies.com, Inc. It shows teacher how to create lesson plans using movies and films. You can view an index of movies offered before deciding to purchase the subscription.